Monday, June 17

SU Ag Center Concludes Fruitful Youth and Family Exposition

Baton Rouge, LA - The 2013 SU Ag Center youth expo, which
attracted more than 250 students across the state, concluded successfully on June 15. Highlights
of the event included the East Baton Rouge Sherriff’s Office demonstration of
their Bomb/Haz Mat Unit to middle and high school students, showcasing the robot,
suit, and other tools for the first time at the event; keynote speaker, Kwame
I. Asante, a practicing attorney; youth competitions in public speaking and
illustrated talk; talent show and dance; chemistry demonstrations; science
education by LIGO Science Educational Center; and the culminating quiz
bowl. Winners of the quiz bowl
competition in the senior category were from Bossier Parish, 1st
place; Calcasieu Parish, 2nd place, and 100 Black Men of Metro Baton
Rouge, 3rd place. In the junior category the 1st place went
to Calcasieu Parish; 2nd place, Southwest Center for Rural
Initiatives in St. Landry Parish; and 3rd place, West Carroll
Parish.

Grant Henry, 11th grader from Bossier Parish and
member of the 1st place winning team in the senior category said,
“This is my third year attending the expo, I’m always excited about the quiz
bowl, and I look forward to next year’s contest.”

The Public Speaking and Illustrated Talk contests were
organized in three age categories: 9-12, 13-15 and 16-18 years old. In the Public Speaking first category,
Miracle Styles from Madison Parish took 1st place; Breanna Scott,
Bossier Parish, 2nd, and Olivia Viltz, St. Landry Parish, 3rd. The 1st place went to Kanessia
Crothers, Madison Parish in category two; 2nd place, Sandreca
Citizen, St. Landry; and 3rd place, D’Anthony Butler, Calcasieu
Parish. In the 16-18 year-old category, Alante’ Jackson, EBR Parish took 1st
place; Crystal Jackon, Madison Parish, 2nd, and James Zachary, Caddo
Parish, 3rd.